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Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
With shareholders in revolt about excessive remuneration pay of listed companies despite the market fallout, the focus is now on the remuneration pay of super fund executives, with WA Treasurer Troy Buswell reportedly attempting to block the chief exec ...

BNY Mellon opens for insto banking

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
BNY Mellon is set to give incumbent institutional banking providers a run for their money after its local arm officially opens for insto banking this month. Senator Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer, was at the Sydney launch of the group's new service ...

Fortitude to launch Aus equity income fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Fresh from winning an award based on its performance strategy, hedge fund manager Fortitude Capital is launching a new Australian Equity Income fund with a twist. This month Fortitude won 2009 Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for ...

Shareholders remove van Eyk Three Pillars board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Dixon advisory group director Alan Dixon said the outcome of today's van Eyk Three Pillars EGM, which saw majority of shareholders vote the current VTP board out, is a triumph for the "small" shareholders. Nearly 60 million of the 80 million-plus votes ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Admin and investment fees charged by major Australian super funds are on par, if not better, than those charged by similar funds in the US, the UK and Japan - but more can be done to lower overall costs to the average fund member, a global study found. ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Aviva has introduced a new feature to its online underwriting platform Riskfirst that will help people who are applying for insurance cover file their "personal statement" online. The new facility, called Riskfirst mylink, will allow people who are ...

Trinity files $1m lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Listed company Trinity has filed a lawsuit against former Labor Party staffer Ross Daley and his company, Veritate, in a bid to recover $1 million paid to Daley "by mistake". On 31 August, the property group received a final report on the forensic investigation ...

AUI signs Asian equities jv

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Australian Unity Investments has this afternoon signed a joint venture with two leading Asian equities experts, creating a new local competitor in the sector. Five months ago, David Bryant, head of investments at Australian Unity (AUI), kept mum on ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
It was standing room only at last night's Australian Hedge Fund Industry Awards, an event that recognised the country's top-performing hedge funds while raising money for children's cancer charity, Cure Our Kids. Taking the top award as Australian Hedge ...